Chapter 83: The Shamelessness of the Snake Demons

Raindrops pattered as they walked slowly along.

Leading the two snake demons while walking on the empty street, Luo Zijun was secretly plotting in his heart.

"Right."

Luo Zijun turned his head and asked, "Do you two young ladies have any silver on you?"

It would naturally be best if he didn't have to spend his own money.

Bai Bai took two copper coins from her person and said with some embarrassment, "We only have these two coins left."

Luo Zijun immediately cursed inwardly.

With a mere two coins, you dare to say you've come to repay a debt of gratitude?

As expected, you want to offer yourselves, right?

Two lecherous demons, shameless!

"It's fine. I will help you find an inn in a moment to make do for the night. Tomorrow morning, I will come back to help you find a house to stay in for the time being."

There was no help for it; it seemed he would have to spend his own money.

Bai Bai said with a face full of gratitude, "Many thanks, Young Master."

Luo Zijun glanced back at her and asked again, "How long do you two young ladies intend to stay in Lin'an City?"

Bai Bai lowered her head slightly and said with some shyness, "We have come to repay a debt of gratitude. If we find our benefactor, we will... we will stay with him forever."

Shameless!

Luo Zijun couldn't help but curse again in his heart.

After thinking for a moment, he added, "What if that benefactor of yours already has a virtuous wife at home and is destitute, with no extra money to support you?"

Bai Bai smiled gently, looking at him with soft eyes, and said, "It's fine. Qingqing and I can be his concubines, or even his maidservants. As for money, Qingqing and I will earn it for him."

"..."

The corners of Luo Zijun's mouth twitched a few times, and he secretly felt fortunate in his heart.

It was lucky he had intercepted them a step early!

Truly two naive, sweet girls.

"Young lady, actually, repaying a debt of gratitude does not necessarily mean being a beast of burden for the other party, nor does it necessarily mean offering yourself. I believe that gratitude and one's lifelong affairs should not be confused."

Luo Zijun decided to guide them step by step.

Bai Bai blinked her large eyes, her sweet and cute little face full of innocence: "But Qingqing and I just want to offer ourselves. We sisters just want to be his beasts of burden."

Luo Zijun: "..."

"Drip... drop..."

The rainwater under the eaves tapped against the smooth bluestone slabs, making a crisp sound.

Luo Zijun suddenly felt that this matter did not seem simple.

If these two snake demons were truly determined to offer themselves to Xu Xian and be his beasts of burden, then if they found out who the real Xu Xian was, given that fellow's lecherous nature, he would certainly be overjoyed and immediately have the sisters offer themselves to him.

Therefore, he must never let the two parties meet!

"Buns! Buns! Freshly steamed buns! Fragrant buns!"

At this moment, someone was shouting to sell buns at the entrance of a shop ahead.

Luo Zijun looked back and suddenly saw the White Snake looking ahead with a mouth full of drool, swallowing saliva continuously.

Hadn't this snake demon just eaten buns?

"Do you two young ladies want to eat some buns?"

Since he wanted to deceive them, he naturally had to find ways to get closer to them.

Bai Bai nodded quickly, her large eyes shining.

Qingqing, who was to the side, held her sword with a face as cold as frost and did not speak.

Luo Zijun walked over and bought three buns.

One for each.

The buns here were large and very affordable, with plenty of filling and juice; an ordinary girl would be full after eating one.

This White Snake had just eaten, so one should be enough.

Bai Bai took the bun, saw him looking at her, smiled gently, and said with reserve, "Many thanks, Young Master."

Then she lowered her head, opened her small mouth, took a small, refined bite, and chewed gently.

But when Luo Zijun turned his head to look forward, she immediately swallowed her saliva, then opened her small mouth wide and took a big "Awoo" bite of the fragrant bun.

"Miss Bai Bai, let's go to that inn ahead."

Luo Zijun turned his head to say.

At this moment, Bai Bai was puffing out her cheeks, forcefully stuffing the rest of the bun into her mouth, her eyes wide open. Seeing him look over, she hurriedly tilted her neck back, swallowing hard, and rolled her eyes again from choking.

Luo Zijun: "..."

"Oh, oh, okay, *hiccup*..."

The bun was finally swallowed.

Bai Bai smiled slightly, her little face returning to a gentle and reserved expression.

Luo Zijun thought for a moment, handed the bun in his hand to her as well, and said, "You must be hungry, young lady. I'll give you this one too."

Bai Bai's eyes lit up, and she subconsciously reached out to grab it, but immediately restrained herself, swallowing her saliva as she said, "Young Master, I... I am full..."

Luo Zijun said, "It's fine, take it to eat tonight."

Only then did Bai Bai reservedly take it, lowering her head and saying softly, "Many thanks, Young Master."

Luo Zijun took the two of them into the inn and asked for a guest room.

After sending the two into the room, he cupped his hands to take his leave: "You two young ladies stay here for tonight; I will come back tomorrow to look for a house with you."

Bai Bai lowered her head and stooped, bowing gracefully: "I have troubled you, Young Master."

"It is no trouble; we scholars enjoy helping others."

Luo Zijun waved his hand and took his leave.

As soon as he went downstairs, Bai Bai immediately closed the door, "Awoo, awoo," she took a few bites and finished the steamed bun in her hand, then looked pitifully at the bun in Qingqing's hand again.

Qingqing had not yet had a chance to eat, and seeing this, she had no choice but to hand it to her.

Bai Bai took it, finished it in a few bites, and then hopped around the room happily: "Qingqing, he is so handsome."

Qingqing hugged her sword, stood before the window, and looked at the curtain of rain outside, cold and icy, without saying a word.

It was already noon.

The gentle spring rain showed no signs of stopping.

Luo Zijun went straight to the Martial Arts Hall.

Although he had finally met the White Snake and the Green Snake, the mission clearly could not be completed that quickly.

Therefore, he still had to continue practicing martial arts.

First was standing in a stance.

Then he went to the backyard to practice boxing.

Except for the first few days when Liu Shifu would occasionally come over to give guidance, he had not come again recently, and that Yang Shixiong had not come again either.

They only said that if he had any problems, he should go find them.

Clearly, no one thought highly of him coming to learn martial arts, and they all felt it was impossible for him to succeed in Skin Refining.

What's more, he still wanted to rely on Kaishan Fist to perform Skin Refining.

That Cao Shixiong who practiced Kaishan Fist would reveal a sneer on his face every time he saw him come to the Martial Arts Hall; although he didn't say it out loud, the meaning was obvious: for someone with his build to practice Kaishan Fist was simply a joke.

However, Luo Zijun did not care.

Every time he came to the Martial Arts Hall, he practiced on his own and rarely interacted with others.

Of course, everyone was very busy and rarely spoke.

This was for the best.

No socializing, just burying his head in practice.

"Swish!"

After finishing a set of Kaishan Fist, the skin on his body began to heat up slightly.

He did not stop and continued to start the second round.

This set of boxing techniques, combined with the Medicine Bath, indeed had a very obvious effect on Skin Refining.

His skin began to become smoother and firmer.

As for toughness and resistance to impact, he still needed to continue tempering it to reach the final effect.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

After finishing the second round, he started the third.

Soon, the skin, muscles, and bones of his entire body began to ache.

Tempering the body meant squeezing out the body's potential.

And it had to be squeezed hard.

Therefore, he did not stop, endured the pain, and continued to practice.

Until evening.

Dragging his exhausted and aching body, he took a simple bath and then left the Martial Arts Hall.

Buy medicinal herbs, go for a Medicine Bath.

But as luck would have it, the medicinal herbs had actually gone up in price again.

What could be settled for ten taels of silver before cost him fifteen taels today.

Damn it.

A full five taels more!

Thinking that he had to practice martial arts, take Xu Xian to the Brothel to mess around, rent a house for those two snake demons, and even pay for their meals, he suddenly felt a massive headache.

There wasn't enough money to spend.

He had to find a way to make those two snake demons go out and earn their own money.

Sell them to a Brothel?

As soon as this thought appeared, it gave him a start.

Those two silly snakes did look very easy to fool, and perhaps he really could trick them into a Brothel, but this method definitely wouldn't work.

If the other party found out the truth, they would definitely kill him immediately.

That Green Snake looked like someone not to be trifled with.

Sigh, forget it, let's just keep raising them for now and cultivate some feelings.

Hmm? Cultivate feelings?

A sudden, absurd, and outrageous thought popped into Luo Zijun's mind.

"You need to enter the game yourself, save the White Snake, destroy her marriage with Xu Xian, make her completely give up on Xu Xian, leave forever, or form a different marriage..." This passage surfaced in his mind once again.

"Form a different marriage... form a different marriage..."

The expression on his face began to change.

Those two silly snakes currently thought he was Xu Xian; if he cultivated feelings with them and then... married them...

Then wouldn't this mission be successfully completed?

"This..."

As soon as this thought emerged, his heart surged with waves, making it difficult to remain calm.

To marry the White Snake...

Mission complete...

Once the mission is complete, he must... leave this place.

Leave this place...

!

Lost in thought along the way, he arrived at Bao'an Hall.

Su Dafang was lying on a rocking chair, resting his eyes. Seeing him return, he opened his eyes, took a look at the medicinal herbs in his hand, and asked, "What herbs did you buy? Bring them here for me to see."

Luo Zijun glanced at the senior sister behind the counter, walked over, handed the herbs to his master, and said, "They are just some very ordinary medicinal herbs."

For other martial artists, they were indeed the most ordinary.

But for him, they were truly expensive.

Su Dafang took them in his hands and examined them carefully for a while, then let out an "Eh": "Yinyang Grass, Zijin Flower, Sleeping Monkey Fruit, Century-old Snake Ginseng... Zijun, it seems we have all these herbs in our shop."

Luo Zijun was stunned upon hearing this: "How can that be? How could we have them in our shop? Did Master remember wrong?"

He knew exactly what herbs were in the shop and in what quantities.

Su Dafang immediately got off the rocking chair, walked behind the counter, opened the innermost drawers, and said, "Come over and take a look. I just stocked these in the last two days."

Luo Zijun hurriedly entered the counter and came to his side to check.

Upon seeing this, his face was filled with astonishment: "Master, why did you stock these herbs?"

Su Dafang looked at him and said, "Your senior sister said that recently, people have often come to inquire about these herbs. Once I heard that, I knew these herbs would definitely make money, so I went to stock them immediately."

"But these are only found in martial artist shops."

Luo Zijun felt that both his master and senior sister were a bit foolish. People who practice martial arts all go to martial artist shops to buy them; who would come here to buy them?

Just because a few people came to ask, they went and stocked them directly?

And this stuff is so expensive.

If they can't be sold, wouldn't they lose everything?

"Master, you really don't know how to do business."

Luo Zijun sighed and couldn't help but complain, feeling heartache for this pair of grandfather and granddaughter.

If they don't sell by then, the senior sister will probably be heartbroken to death.

Su Dafang looked proud: "Just you wait, they will definitely sell. I have practiced medicine for so many years, traveled north and south; what do I not know better than you?"

Luo Zijun was speechless and didn't say anything more, asking, "Where is Senior Sister?"

"Taking a bath upstairs. Do you want to go up and peek?"

Su Dafang closed the drawer and winked at him.

Luo Zijun's mouth twitched, and he said righteously: "Does Master think I am a peeping tom like that girl Su Qingling?"

"Aren't you?"

"No!"

Luo Zijun left the counter, picked up his own herbs, and went to the kitchen in the back.

Su Dafang shook his head and went back to the rocking chair to lie down again.

Luo Zijun boiled water in the pot and prepared to clean up, but suddenly discovered that his bathtub for the Medicine Bath was missing.

He searched the backyard, the kitchen, and the woodshed, but still couldn't find it.

"Master, where is my bathtub?"

He hurriedly went to the front room to ask.

Su Dafang was lying on the rocking chair, rocking gently with his eyes closed. Hearing this, he didn't even lift his eyelids and said, "Upstairs, your senior sister is using it."

Luo Zijun: "???"

"Doesn't she have a bathtub upstairs?"

Su Dafang kept his eyes closed and did not answer.

Luo Zijun was speechless. He glanced upstairs and had no choice but to wipe the tables and chairs first to clean up, thinking to himself: That girl wouldn't secretly pee in my bathtub, would she?

After cleaning the shop, the water in the kitchen in the back had also boiled.

But the senior sister still hadn't come down.

Luo Zijun had no choice but to come to the front room and say: "Master, go and urge Senior Sister."

Su Dafang said irritably: "Why don't you go, kid? If that girl gets angry and starts hitting people, can my old arms and legs withstand it?"

Luo Zijun said: "You are her grandfather; would she really dare to hit you?"

Su Dafang sneered and said: "There is no one in this world she wouldn't dare to hit."

Luo Zijun was helpless and had to walk to the stairs, shouting upstairs: "Senior Sister, are you done washing?"

There was no response from upstairs.

He waited for a while longer.

Seeing that it was almost dark outside and thinking that his sister and brother-in-law were probably waiting for him at home, and that he still had to go to the Sun Family for dinner tonight, Luo Zijun sighed and said: "Forget it, I won't take the Medicine Bath tonight."

Although his body was aching terribly, it should still be bearable.

Just at this moment, Su Qingling's cold voice came from upstairs: "I'm done washing, come up and get it."

Su Dafang quietly opened his eyes and looked at him.

Luo Zijun hurriedly said: "Senior Sister, move it down yourself, I'll catch it from below."

"I can't move it."

Su Qingling said coldly.

Luo Zijun said, "Then how did you move it up?"

Su Qingling did not answer.

Luo Zijun turned his head and looked at his master.

It must have been Master who helped move it.

"Snore... snore..."

At this moment, Su Dafang suddenly started snoring.

Luo Zijun was helpless and had to prepare to go upstairs, but suddenly he asked toward the top, "Senior Sister, are you wearing clothes?"

There was a pause upstairs, and a cold voice asked, "Do you want me to be wearing them?"

Luo Zijun: "..."

"What are you saying, Senior Sister? I certainly want you to be wearing them. Only when you have clothes on will I dare to go up."

Luo Zijun said on the stairs.

Su Qingling said, "Then I'm not wearing any."

Luo Zijun turned his head to look at Master again and found that he had his eyes closed, continuing to snore.

"Senior Sister, no need to lie to me. If you aren't wearing any, that's your loss. I'm coming up!"

He did not hesitate and went straight up.

How could that girl possibly not wear clothes and be naked for him to see?

There was no need to even think about it.

"Ah! Senior Sister, you... how are you really not wearing clothes?"

Upon hearing this, Su Dafang suddenly opened his eyes, scrambled up from his rocking chair, and immediately shouted angrily at the top of the stairs, "You brat, hurry up and come down!"

Luo Zijun looked at him from above and said, "Master, why did you stop snoring?"

At this moment, Su Qingling appeared at the top of the stairs, wearing a plain white dress, cold and aloof, like a white lotus that had just emerged from the water, looking pretty and tender.

Su Dafang: "..."

"If you brat lie again next time, watch out, or I'll beat your bottom to a pulp!"

He grumbled as he returned to the rocking chair and continued to close his eyes to rest, then suddenly said, "Finish your Medicine Bath and get home. Aren't you two going to the Sun Family for a banquet today?"

Luo Zijun was stunned: "How does Master know?"

Su Dafang said irritably: "Not only does your master know, your senior sister knows too."

Then he added: "Your sister came this afternoon and invited your senior sister to go together."

Luo Zijun was taken aback. He looked up at the cold, beautiful girl who had just finished bathing, then suddenly turned his head and asked, "Then did sister invite Master?"

The corner of Su Dafang's mouth twitched; he closed his eyes and said nothing more.

Luo Zijun stopped wasting time and hurried upstairs, preparing to carry the bathtub down, but he found that the bathtub was filled with water, with pink and red petals floating inside, mist swirling, and the fragrance of flowers overflowing.

The water was still hot; Senior Sister had just finished bathing.

On the screen nearby, there was actually a snow-white dress, a moon-white bodice, and a pair of snow-white silk stockings draped over it...

"Cough, cough..."

He immediately withdrew his gaze and began to move the tub.

But the bathtub filled with water was truly too heavy.

"Senior Sister, go get a basin and help me pour out some water."

He could only scoop out all the water and pour it away before he could carry the bathtub down.

Otherwise, the water in the tub would definitely splash onto the stairs.

Su Qingling ignored him; with her waist-length black hair draped down and a faint floral scent emanating from her body, she lifted her lotus-like steps and walked downstairs, cold and aloof.

"That's too much! You finished your bath and won't help me pour out the water!"

Luo Zijun was speechless. Seeing that there was not much time left, he had to find a basin himself and scoop the water out basin by basin.

Su Qingling arrived downstairs and entered the counter.

Su Dafang raised his eyelids to look at her, endured it, but couldn't help saying: "Ling'er, Grandpa thinks that a girl should be reserved. You are always like this..."

"I like it."

Su Qingling coldly cut off his words.

"Sigh..."

Su Dafang sighed, not daring to say more, and had to close his eyes to continue worrying about his coffin money.

"Ah, Senior Sister!"

At this moment, Luo Zijun's exclamation suddenly came from upstairs: "Hurry up and come up, your bodice is left in the bathtub!"

Upon hearing this, Su Dafang's eyes snapped open.

Su Qingling, however, remained cold and aloof, standing behind the counter with a blank expression, looking down and fiddling with the abacus, pretending not to hear.

(End of chapter)